Amersham has been the third worst-performing town in Britain for house price growth in the first half of 2019, new data has revealed.

According to property website Zoopla, house prices in Amersham have fallen dramatically in the first six months of the year, with properties reducing in value by £15,795 – a staggering £86.31 a day.

Only Leatherhead and Weybridge in Surrey suffered larger falls in the first half of the year, with homes in the two towns losing an average of £16,309 and £16,266 respectively.

Across the whole of the UK, the average home increased in value by £11 a day since January 2019. Berkhamsted, which is just over seven miles away from Amersham, has enjoyed the highest rise on average across the whole of the UK of £33,875 (£185.11 per day)

On a regional level, the West Midlands leads the way as Britain’s best-performing region, with the average value of homes increasing by £36.58 per day, or £6,695 in total, since the start of the year.

The South East is close behind in second, where all homeowners have seen their properties gain on average £35.32 each day (£6,463 in total) over the past six months, whilst the North West is in third place (£20.29 per day or £3,731 in total).

The worst-performing region in Britain by far was London, where the average value of all housing has fallen by £71.23 per day (£13,035 in total). This was followed by Scotland (£20.59 per day or £3,768 in total) and the South West that saw a small increase (£4.55 per day or £832 in total).